It is no secret that COVID-19 has been ravaging the world, infecting and killing millions, straining economies, and isolating people from their loved ones. However, in less than a year since the virus appeared, scientists have been able to discover the Achilles’ heel of the virus, developing several vaccines to solve the Eye of the Needle. For a period of time, the condition of the pandemic has begun to become better as more people have been vaccinated. However, the virus has continued to spread, especially in public areas, where larger numbers of people facilitate a faster transmission. To mitigate the negative consequences of COVID-19, vaccinations in public service jobs and events must be required because they ensure citizens’ safety and health, stabilize societies and economies, and set up a precedent for what should be done to prevent the spread of the virus.
Firstly, vaccinations in public areas could ensure citizens’ safety and health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vaccines reduce the chance of getting infected by the virus by a substantial amount. To further explain this concept, a person who has been vaccinated would develop immune cells called T-cells, which would fight off the virus before it gets its chance to go all Berserk and multiply the viral load, or the amount of virus, in that person’s body. This decreases the severity of the disease itself, which means that that person would be sick for a much shorter duration, thus allowing less time for him or her to spread the virus to others. This effect would have the greatest consequences for public spaces and people who are in public service since vaccines would make these environments safer than they would be otherwise. Therefore, implementing mandatory vaccination significantly slows down the virus’ infection and makes sure that people remain safe and unharmed in these areas where the virus is more likely to spread.
Secondly, vaccination could ensure countries’ stability. Since public service jobs are very important to communities, requiring vaccination for these jobs could ensure that the basic structure of society would be minimally impacted by the pandemic in these Stygian times; people with such jobs as police officers, firefighters, and doctors would be less likely to be infected as a result. Additionally, mental and social health would improve because people wouldn’t be afraid to communicate in public anymore. Schools and many jobs could return to normal if society at large was comfortable with in-person events. Economies could recover as well since many jobs would be able to return without any issues such as but not limited to: factories shutting down, tourism decreasing, and people not willing to go out and shop. According to the United Kingdom Parliament’s House of Commons Library, the gross domestic product (GDP), or the amount of money made in a country, declined by around 10% in 2020 during the pandemic, which was the largest decline since the 1940s. Fortunately, vaccination could lead to the return of normalcy, thus allowing countries to continue to develop and even flourish toward a Halcyon state.
Lastly, setting a policy of vaccination for public spaces sets up a precedent for all places, encouraging vaccination as a result. There’s no doubt that it is a major responsibility of the government to ensure the safety of all citizens. Establishing such a requirement for vaccination sets up a standard – a norm – of how people should behave when interacting with others in public places. With the government setting up this official policy, it shows their approval of the vaccines and encourages more people to take them. Once governments create the requirement for vaccination in public places, it would result in the rapid widespread vaccine coverage of nearly the whole country on a Titanic scale as a norm and example for society.
In conclusion, vaccinations in public service jobs and events must be required to ensure citizens’ safety and health, stabilize the conditions of countries, and set up a precedent for what should be done to prevent the spread of the virus. Firstly, vaccinations ensure that people are safer by preventing the virus from causing severe illness and harming one’s body. Secondly, vaccinations could ameliorate the economic and social issues caused by the virus in many countries today. Lastly, this new policy would encourage trust in vaccines and set up a basis for how people should behave during the pandemic. In order to end this pandemic and strive towards a state not so different from the likes of El Dorado, people must learn to do what’s necessary and collaborate with each other as a global community—and what’s a better start than just simply taking a vaccine?
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